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Pilot identified in fatal Loudoun Co. plane crash

By Will Vitka

Police have identified the pilot in Thursday’s fatal plane crash in Loudoun County, Virginia.

William Krens, 77, of Hillsboro, died after his 1979 fixed-wing, single-engine Beech aircraft crashed in a wooded area near the 35000 block of Charles Town Pike near the West Virginia border.

Virginia State Police said Krens, the pilot and sole occupant, had taken off just moments before from a nearby private airstrip.

The FAA and NTSB were notified. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Loudoun County Public Schools to appeal court order on reinstating teacher

By Will Vitka
Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia plans to appeal a judge's order to reinstate physical education teacher Byron Tanner Cross, who was suspended days after telling the school board he would not refer to transgender students by their preferred pronouns because of his religious beliefs. In a statement, LCPS said it "respectfully disagrees with the Circuit Court’s decision to issue the injunction, and it is appealing this ruling to the Supreme Court of Virginia."
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